AG's office urges court to deny temporary restraining order for abortion clinic law

12:53 AM,
Jun. 27, 2013

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Alabama's attorney general's office is urging a federal court to deny a request for a temporary restraining order against a new abortion clinic law, saying it would delay changes "the Legislature has deemed necessary to promote women's safety."

The brief argues that Planned Parenthood Southeast and a Montgomery clinic that provide abortion services waited too long to file the suit to justify a restraining order.

The attorney general's response, filed Tuesday, also accuses the clinics of bringing in physicians from outside their areas and running "fly-by-night" operations. ...